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Transformational investment needed to address systemic risk: WEF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... of climate, water, demographic change, technology, low and negative interest rates and the impact they will have on portfolio asset prices. We will also be looking at how to help investors systemically identify and match investment solutions that respond ...

Future Super measures environmental impact of portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Kirstin Hunter, co-founder, Future Super The report focuses on a methodology that measures the finance emissions of their portfolio, which places numbers around investment activity that can be communicated internally as well as to members and the wider ...

Insight Investment launches proprietary ESG risk rating system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... as you would for any evaluation model. That process involves not just the ESG team, but working with credit analysts, portfolio managers, etc., and coming to an agreement as to how to rate the ESG factors individually." The risk rating system aggregates ...

Ex-Rosenberg Equities executives launch Radiant ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
The former CEO and head of sustainable investing at Rosenberg Equities have launched a new platform specialising in ESG-anchored portfolios and research for institutional investors and wealth managers. Heidi Ridley (l) and Kathryn McDonald (r), co-founders ...

Ethical approach yields investment benefits: Crescent Wealth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... and social good. As a result of this conservative approach to funds management it has a cash balance of 22% of total portfolio, which means the fund is in a strong liquidity position, the fund said. The fund currently has approximately $274 in assets ...

HESTA to move to net zero carbon emissions in portfolio by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... implement a Climate Change Transition Plan (CCTP) that seeks to effectively align the Fund's actions and investment portfolio with the goals of the Paris Agreement. "Our Climate Change Transition Plan is set to be one of the most comprehensive of its ...

First Sentier Investors launch Modern Slavery Toolkit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... teams put to companies directly. "That section is definitely still a work in progress," Turner said. "We are working on portfolio analytics which will be available imminently, but there's not neat way of splitting out exactly what modern slavery risks ...

Demand for climate aware, ESG investment: State Street Global Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... in - scoring companies based on material ESG elements that will impact their long term performance, using innovative portfolio construction techniques to increase exposure to these companies, and by 2022, voting against management of companies that are ...

Global stimulus an opportunity for sustainable investment: Ninety One

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... that are aligned with decarbonising the global economy, according to global fund manager Ninety One. Deirdre Cooper, portfolio manager, Ninety One Deirdre Cooper, portfolio manager at Ninety One, pointed to the the EU's Green Recovery Plan will drive ...

Insure Our Future calls for halt to insuring oil and gas projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
A coalition of global environmental NGOs is calling on the largest global insurers to halt insuring new oil and gas expansion projects and phase out insurance for oil and gas companies in order to meet a 1.5C global climate target. Peter Bosshard, global ...